OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #824870

AMPUTATED,FINGER,WORK RULES,STRUCK BY,BLADE,UNGUARDED,INATTENTION

1987-12-04T00:00:00

Event: AMPUTATED,FINGER,WORK RULES,STRUCK BY,BLADE,UNGUARDED,INATTENTION
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 824870
Report ID: 352420

Event description

Employee's finger amputated by blade

Investigation abstract

At 10:30 a.m. on December 4, 1988, Employee #1 was using an unguarded angle cutt ing section of a type 210-16 Peddinghaus Ironworker to cut a 1 1/2 in. piece of 1 ft 2 in. by 1 ft 2 in. angle stock. He was using his right hand to hold the pi ece to be cut so that it would not fall. As he pulled the operating lever with h is left hand, the cutting blade with stripper plate came down on his right index finger, amputating the tip. He was hospitalized.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 51 M

Nature of injury
1

Part of body
10

Event type
2

Source
26

Occupation code
655

Human factor
14

Environmental factor
3

Task assigned
1

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